{"product_id":"future-stories-whats-next-paperback","title":"Future Stories: What's Next? - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eDavid Christian\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eOrigin Story, \u003c\/i\u003ewho Bill Gates has \"long been a fan of,\" turns his attention to the future of humanity -- and how we think about it -- in this ambitious book.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e The future is uncertain, a bit spooky, possibly dangerous, maybe wonderful. We cope with this never-ending uncertainty by telling stories about the future, future stories. How do we construct those stories? Where is the future, the place where we set those stories? Can we trust our future stories? And what sort of futures do they show us? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e This book is about future stories and future thinking, about how we prepare for the future. Think of it as a sort of User's Guide to the Future. We all need such a guide because the future is where we will spend the rest of our lives. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e David Christian, historian and author of \u003ci\u003eOrigin Story\u003c\/i\u003e, is renowned for pioneering the emerging discipline of Big History, which surveys the whole of the past. But with \u003ci\u003eFuture Stories\u003c\/i\u003e, he casts his sharp analytical eye forward, offering an introduction to the strange world of the future, and a guide to what we think we know about it at all scales, from the individual to the cosmological. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Christian consults theologians, philosophers, scientists, statisticians, and scholars from a huge range of places and times as he explores how we prepare for uncertain futures, including the future of human evolution, artificial intelligence, interstellar travel, and more. By linking the study of the past much more closely to the study of the future, we can begin to imagine what the world will look like in a hundred years and consider solutions to the biggest challenges facing us all.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eDavid Christian \u003c\/b\u003eis a Professor Emeritus at Macquarie University, where he was formerly a Distinguished Professor of History and the director of the Big History Institute. He cofounded the Big History Project with Bill Gates, his Coursera MOOCs are popular around the world, and he is cocreator of the Macquarie University Big History School. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e He has delivered keynotes at conferences around the world, including the Davos World Economic Forum, and his TED Talk has been viewed more than twelve million times. He is the author of numerous books and articles, as well as the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestseller \u003ci\u003eOrigin Story\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 368\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.1 x 8.2 x 5.4 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e June 06, 2023\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51772417638688,"sku":"9780316497466","price":18.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/acec09c64113c65b15604b455117dfb7.webp?v=1780405199","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/future-stories-whats-next-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}